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News articles in this section include actions by federal regulators like the CMS and HHS, as well as information on Medicare and state Medicaid coverage and benefits.

Health Subsidies for Low Earners Will Continue Through 2017, G.O.P Says

Senior House Republicans said Thursday that they expected the federal government to continue paying billions of dollars in subsidies to health insurance companies to keep low-income people covered under the Affordable Care Act for the rest of this year — and perhaps for 2018 as well.

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Trump Administration to Continue Obamacare Insurer Payments During House Lawsuit

The Trump administration will continue ObamaCare's insurer payments while a House lawsuit runs its course.

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Trump’s Effort To Lure Consumers To Exchanges Could Bring Skimpier Plans

Will opening the door to cheaper, skimpier marketplace plans with higher deductibles and copays attract consumers and insurers to the exchanges next year? That’s what the Trump administration is betting on.

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Visualizing Health Policy: U.S. Public Opinion on Health Care Reform, 2017

This Visualizing Health Policy infographic spotlights public opinion on health reform in the United States as of 2017. The largest percentage of Democrats and Republicans give top priority to lowering out-of-pocket costs for health care.

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Nevada Assemblyman Proposes “Medicaid for All”

As Congress debates the best way to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, including a provision allowing for the expansion of Medicaid in states like Nevada, one state lawmaker is taking a different tack.

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How Agents Can Deploy Soft Benefits to Win the Talent War

Insurance agencies that stress “soft” benefits have the upper hand in recruiting workers in today’s competitive job market.

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Senate Confirms Trump Pick to Head Medicare and Medicaid

President Donald Trump's pick to run Medicare and Medicaid won confirmation Monday from a divided Senate as lawmakers braced for another epic battle over the government's role in health care and society's responsibility toward the vulnerable.

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Trump and Health Care: President Gives Congress Five Principles for Obamacare Replacement

President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Democrats to work with Republicans in Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which he claimed, yet again, is a "disaster."

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Key Republican: GOP Eyeing Major Change to Medicaid in ObamaCare Bill

A top House Republican on healthcare said Tuesday that lawmakers are looking to dramatically restructure Medicaid as part of an ObamaCare repeal bill.

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California Fines Kaiser Permanente $2.5 Million Over Missing Medicaid Data

California officials have fined health care giant Kaiser Permanente $2.5 million for failing to turn over required data on patient care to the state’s Medicaid program. The California Department of Health Care Services said this was the first fine imposed against one of its Medicaid managed care plans since at least 2000. The state relies on the data to help set rates, ensure adequate care is available and monitor how taxpayer dollars are being spent in the program, known as Medi-Cal in California.

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